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Registered charity · Cowes

The SIR MAX Aitken Museum

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £113k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Isle Of Wight
Website
www.sirmaxaitkenmuseum.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1979

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£113k£125k
  • 2024£145k£128k
  • 2023£83k£79k
Earlier years
  • 2022£68k£86k
  • 2021£128k£112k
Charitable objects

(A) TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS "THE PROSPECT" 83 HIGH STREET, COWES, AND TO MAKE KNOWN THROUGH PUBLICATIONS EXHIBITIONS LECTURES AND OTHER MEANS ITS HISTORICAL AND NAUTICAL INTEREST AND ASSOCIATIONS.(B) TO ESTABLISH A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ITEMS OF NAUTICAL AND LOCAL HISTORICAL INTEREST AND TO PRESERVE THE SAME COLLECTIONS.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

10y median 13y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£113k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
278455
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 29TH JUNE 1979
Contact on the register
01983293800 · sirmaxaitkenmuseum@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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